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Fig 5. Internal morphology of subgenera Silurana and Xenopus. Comparison of osteology of subgenera Xenopus (left, holotype specimen of Xenopus amieti, MHNG 2030.80 and Silurana (right, X. calcaratus, CAS 207759). Differences include (a) paired nasal bones in subgenus Silurana but not subgenus Xenopus, (b) absence of the vomer bones in the palate of subgenus Silurana but not subgenus Xenopus and (c) fusion of the first two presacral vertebrae in subgenus Silurana but not subgenus Xenopus. Image published in: Evans BJ et al. (2015) © 2015 Evans et al. This image is reproduced with permission of the journal and the copyright holder. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license Larger Image Printer Friendly View

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